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  • Reach back into your communities

    Reach back into your communities

    If you’re a journalist who has seen your local journalism career upended or you’re worried about your job, we want to help! We passionately believe in local journalism and my personal story is over two decades of helping people publish on the web. Let’s plant the seeds of independent news in your community I’m concerned…

  • Maybe print is the answer

    Maybe print is the answer

    Whatever the answer, it’s an exciting time to be an independent local media publisher.

  • The ultimate (maybe) launch plan for WordPress sites

    The ultimate (maybe) launch plan for WordPress sites

    Many, many, many years ago whilst launching some WordPress sites I felt like I needed a better way of managing the numerous moving parts that come with launching a website. Combining that with my love of a fancy spreadsheet, I created a launch plan template that I’ve now used and refined on countless launches. Following…

  • Would you listen to an independent news publishing podcast?

    Would you listen to an independent news publishing podcast?

    Having listened to a few journalism podcasts for a while I feel like hearing more about the smaller independent news publishers in the world. After failing to find any dedicated to the topic I’ve started outlining my own.

  • Welcome to News Spring

    Welcome to News Spring

    Building on more than 2 decades as a web developer and 14 years as a news publisher, News Spring is Philip John’s new blog for independent media.

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